dreamland

[ dreem-land ]

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noun

a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie.
a state of sleep.

Origin of dreamland

First recorded in 1825–35; dream + land

Words Nearby dreamland

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How to use dreamland in a sentence

Meanwhile, CrossFit has taken the relatively solitary world of weightlifting and calisthenics and spun a communitarian dreamland.
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The drug took effect quickly, turning the plane into a horrific dreamland.
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If you can adhere to these two rules, you could be well on your way to cold-free dreamland.
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Unsurprisingly, his first job entailed scampering around the dreamland Fun Fairground at the seaside town of Margate.
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Neither Nichols nor Fortier were in Junction City, Kansas, home of the dreamland.
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It always heralded some disaster when it appeared before him in dreamland.
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I was somewhat tired and soon felt myself drowsily wandering into dreamland as the breeze lulled me soothingly.
A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu
It is strange, but in dreamland one often remembers by heart that which it is impossible to do when awake.
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She could have fallen into the arms of this wondrously beautiful fairy princess, expecting to be carried away by her to dreamland.
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It was the paradise, the dreamland they looked forward to during all the rest of the year.
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British Dictionary definitions for dreamland

dreamland

/ (ˈdriːmlænd) /

noun

an ideal land existing in dreams or in the imagination

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